WELCOME to the Lifeline Haiti Blog

WELCOME to the Lifeline Haiti Blog
(TO SEE OUR WEB SITE CLICK ON THE ABOVE PICTURE) Lifeline Haiti and Bridges of Hope exists to promote poverty relief and community empowerment within nations of the world. This mission is achieved in cooperation with Governments, donor organizations and individuals. Implementation is accomplished in cooperation with local business & Spiritual Leaders, individuals, & indigenous organizations within the region of operation and by building the capacity of these partners. The goal is to build the assets of these partners to become sustainable and reproducing agents and transition from beneficiaries to benefactors.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

YMCA PEACEMAER AWARD/TRIP TO HAITI



Tonight we were honored by the YMCA in Medicine Hat for our contribution to the projects in Haiti. I received this on behalf of all of you that have helped to make a difference in the lives of the precious children of Haiti. Thank you for making a difference... one child at a time....

I leave for Haiti on Sunday the 29th and return on the 16th of Dec.

We need help in feeding the orphans in our orphanage in Jacmel. For only $600. per month we can feed all 27 children and the staff. Will you consider helping?


We would like to again this year put on a Christmas dinner for all our schools. Because the shortage in funds we are not able to do this.. Will you consider making a donation towards this?
We will need $2150.00 to feed all 4300 children and teachers as special turkey dinner.. You can make your cheque out to Lifeline Haiti and mail it to - 1008 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, Ab. T1A 7J1 .... Drop me a message on my e-mail if you are able to help so we know in advance if we will be able to do this for the children... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com

Sunday, November 15, 2009

SCHEDULE OVER THE NEXT WEEK


NOV. 15TH - Ministering at Abundant Living Church with Pastor Garry Penner in Pangman, Sask. 10:30 AM service

Nov. 15th - Ministering in Ogema, Sask. Abundant Living Ogema Church at 6:00PM

Nov. 18th Wednesday.. Fundraising banquet at ABC Restaurant in Medicine Hat starting at 6PM... Call for tickets... 403-502-5925..

Nov. 22nd. Sunday.. Ministering at the Neilberg, Sask. church 10:30AM service...

See you on the road!!!... Bob & Linda

Monday, November 9, 2009

Orphanage close to completion















A few pictures inside and out of the orphanage the team has been working so hard on. They did an awesome job... Thanks team for making a difference.... We are packing up to head back to Canada tomorrow morning....

TRAINING SESSION WITH SOME OF THE POLICE FROM JACMEL


We had a great couple of hours of firearms training this morning with the some of the police from Jacmel. They are looking forward to our next session. It has been many years since I have done some teaching in firearms training. It felt great to get my feet wet again. You can double click on the picture to make the picture larger....
Bob & Linda

Sunday, November 8, 2009

PIC. OF THE DAY....


Sue got a chance to spend some quality time with Christella
at our Chabin loation today... Thanks Sue for all the behind the scene work keeping the team fed....

DONATIONS OF CLOTHS, SHOES & TOOTH BRUSHES





Gifts were received with much excitement and joy. For some of the children their shoes were too small but wore them anyway even though it hurt so they could go to school. Now they have shoes that fit... Thank you everyone that helped.... thank you for making a difference....... Bob & Linda

BABY DEDICATION AT THE CHABIN CHURCH TODAY


At our Chabin loation we had a baby dedication and gave out many gifts to the people at the service.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

PHOTO'S TAKEN FROM OUR BALCONY IN DOWN TOWN JACMEL




















Here are two pictures taken from the balcony of our mission house in down town Jacmel. The other photo is from the same location a couple of evenings later with lightning in the background... Good shots Marcus...

MEETING WITH MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF OF JACMEL












We had meetings with the Chief of Police of all the south of Haiti and the Mayor of Jacmel. In our discussion we talked about their desperate need of repairs to broken down equipment and the costs to repair. To fix the two ambulances with new motors in each would be about $14,000. for both vehicles and to get a fire truck operating would be about $1200.
I talked to the Police Chief of my background in firearms training and offered my assistance to his police force. He immediate response was when could I start, so we are going to have our first training session on Monday morning with 30 of his men. Interesting point is they have no ammunition to practice with. I will teach them how they can practice without ammunition. Perhaps we can find a few cases of .38 special, 9mm and shotgun shells for them to send from Canada....

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

PIC OF THE DAY


Here is a picture of Henry with Sonson who is the little boy of one of the girls that helps at the mission house. Sonson spent many hours with the team, totally enjoying every moment..... that was both ways..... To get a better view of the pictures most of them will enlarge if you double click on them.....

HAND MADE CLOTHS FOR SASSOU'S FAMILY


Cloths and shoes sent from supports in Winkler to help out Sassou who is a widow and has four children....Picture of Henry, Sassou and myself... Thank you for making a difference....

SOME OF THE TEAM HEAD BACK TO CANADA TODAY











Today we say see you later to Tony, Vinc, Rob, Cathy & Gin as they head back to Canada. They have been such a huge blessing. In the picture with the team is Pastor Placide, Jack who is our driver, & Emanuel who has been a huge help to the team.. Neighbors looking on as the team prepares to leave.... Thank you all for making a difference.......

PAINTING OF ORPHANGE GOING GREAT






























The team hard are work painting the orphanage... Henry and Cathy working on the muriel, Rob and team rolling the walls and Rebecca painting the trim.....














VISIT TO THE LOAL FIRE DEPARTMENT











Visit to the local fire department in Jacmel found they are in desperate need of training and equipment.. The two ambulances do not work. Engines in both of them are ceased. There are 16 firemen that work combination Police and Firemen. You can see their gym for weightlifting, their bunks for the overnight shifts and one of the fire trucks is a 1957 vintage. The breaks do not work in this truck so they are down to one truck. You can see one of the firemen carrying a side arm as they can get called out on police matters at any time...... I see this as another way we an help to make it safer for the Firemen and the people of Jacmel to help in this area of need.....